The Return of Eva Perón with The Killings in Trinidad by V. S Naipaul
$15.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good
Michael X in Trinidad, Peronism in Argentina, the cult of Kingship in Mobutu's Zaire - the author brings his novelist's questioning to bear upon the half-made societies, those still suffering from the profound deprivations of colonialism and prey to corruption.
In Rough Country - Essays and Reviews by Joyce Carol Oates
$10.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: good
Acclaimed for her novels and short stories, Joyce Carol Oates is also an unparalleled literary critic whose insights and commentary have graced the pages of such publications as the "New York Review of Books", the "Times Literary Supplement", and the "New York Times Book Review". This new collection bri ...Show more
Quite - Love, life & eyeliner by Claudia Winkleman
$12.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good
'A delight' Stylist 'Funny, real and caring' YOU Magazine 'Funny, irreverent and moving... everything you would expect from the thick-fringed presenter who's won a place in the nation's hearts' The Sun 'Full of hilarious insights' Vanity Fair A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Claudia Winkleman's warmth, hu ...Show more
Letters from London 1990-1995 by Julian Barnes
$12.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good
Pulphead - Essays by John Jeremiah Sullivan
$10.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: good
A sharp-eyed, uniquely humane tour of America's cultural landscape--from high to low to lower than low--by the award-winning young star of the literary nonfiction world In "Pulphead, "John Jeremiah Sullivan takes us on an exhilarating tour of our popular, unpopular, and at times completely forgotten cul ...Show more
Abominations - Selected Essays From a Career of Courting Self-Destruction by Lionel Shriver
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Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good
A masterful collection from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. Abominations: Selected essays from a career of courting self-destruction showcases Lionel Shriver's relentlessly sceptical and deeply insightful thoughts on our contemporary era. Uniting essays from the Spectator, New York Times, ...Show more
Writing Home by Alan Bennett
$8.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: good-very good
Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. Writing Home brings together diaries, reminiscences and reviews to give us a unique and unforgettable portrait of one of England's leading playwrights. As a memoir it covers the production of his very f ...Show more
Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon
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Category: Essays | Reading Level: good
Michael Chabon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' and 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union', offers his first major work of non-fiction, an autobiographical narrative as inventive, beautiful and powerful as his novels. A shy manifesto; an impractical handbook; the tr ...Show more
Junk Shop Window - Essays on Myth, Life, and Literature by James J. Patterson
$12.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: near fine
In the world of Junk Shop Window, nothing is quite what it seems. A visit to the Wordsworth Museum in Grasmere, England, results in a meeting with a telepathic dog. A trip to see the Irish Rovers on St. Patrick's Day becomes slapstick worthy of the I Love Lucy show. An attempt to record the right backgr ...Show more
The Trail of the Dinosaur & other essays by Arthur Koestler
$15.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: good-very good
On Mutiny by David Speers
$5.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Series: On Series | Reading Level: near fine
Why was Malcolm Turnbull removed and how did Scott Morrison emerge as Australia's thirtieth prime minister? On Mutinyis the inside story, a blow-by-blow expose of the plotting, double dealing and numbers game by politicians in the most brutal period in Australian politics since the Dismissal. If w ...Show more
On Doubt by Leigh Sales
$5.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Series: On Series | Reading Level: near fine
Her classic personal essay carries a message of truth, scrutiny and accountability--a much-needed'pocket-sized antidote to fake news. Donald Trump, the post-truth world and the instability of Australian politics are all examined ?in this fresh take on her prescient essay on the media and political tren ...Show more